CITY OF GOD Review: A sweeping take of how crime affects the poor population of Rio de Janeiro. Two kids’ paths separate, one struggles to become a… Read more “City of God”
Category: 2000-2009
Memoirs of a Geisha
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA Review: Before World War II a Japanese child, Nitta Sayuri opens up about how she changed her fishing-village roots and became one of Japan’s… Read more “Memoirs of a Geisha”
Walk the Line
WALK THE LINE Review: A story of Johnny Cash who was a country music legend. It follows this early days on Arkanses cotton farm to his rise… Read more “Walk the Line”
Crash
CRASH Review: This is a story played out on interweaving stories to do with the issues of race, loss and redemption by a group of residents in Los… Read more “Crash”
Almost Famous
ALMOST FAMOUS Review: William, a high-school boy is given a one off opportunity to write a story for Rolling Stone Magazine. The story he writes is about… Read more “Almost Famous”
The Constant Gardener
THE CONSTANT GARDENER Review: When a British diplomat’s wife turns up dead in Kenya, he is determined to get to the bottom of a potentially explosive secret involving… Read more “The Constant Gardener”
Somersault
SOMERSAULT Review: Sixteen year old Heidi flees her hometown and arrives in the Australian Alps. This is after making an advance towards her mother’s boyfriend. While she… Read more “Somersault”
Bread and Roses
BREAD AND ROSES Review: Two Mexican sisters Maya and Rosa work as cleaners in a downtown office building. They fight for the right to unionize but this threatens… Read more “Bread and Roses”
Life as a House
LIFE AS A HOUSE Review: George Monroe is diagnosed with terminal cancer and his lifelong ambition is to build his own home. He is determined to refurbish… Read more “Life as a House”
The Devil’s Backbone
THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE Review: A twelve year old boy is taken to an ominous boy’s orphanage, whose father has died in the Spanish Civil War. He is… Read more “The Devil’s Backbone”
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